FNUS75 KBYZ 280059
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SKIBSTAD...MONTANA DNRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
659 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1840 MDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE WARMER ON SATURDAY COMPARED TO
FRIDAY AND THUS HUMIDITIES SHOULD BE LOWER. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE TEENS BY MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE
DOWNSLOPE AND DOWNVALLEY IN THE MORNING...AND TRY TO TURN UPSLOPE
IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GET ERRATIC IN THE AFTERNOON AS MID
LEVEL WEST WINDS TRY TO MIX OUT AND COUNTERACT THE EASTERLY
UPSLOPE WINDS. WINDS SHOULD TURN DOWNSLOPE SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE
WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING BUT
IT LOOKS LIKE COVERAGE SHOULD BE LESS COMPARED TO FRIDAY. ANY
STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. TWH


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-98.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING. WINDS GETTING ERRATIC WITH GUSTS TO 16
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.



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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...ALLEN FARNSWORTH-FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120727.SKIBS.03/BYZ